Jenny Whidden

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Half of Illinois residents 16 and over have received at least one COVID-19 shot, but restrictions not going away just yet

April 21, 2021 at 7:49 p.m.

An additional 140,712 coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in Illinois, bringing the statewide total to 8,342,542, public health officials reported Wednesday. The latest figure includes doses administered by Walgreens on...

Officials see ‘real signs of progress’ as some COVID-19 metrics improve in Illinois

April 21, 2021 at 12:10 a.m.

Some coronavirus metrics in Illinois have improved slightly this week as the state draws closer to a vaccination bench mark in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's reopening plan, but state officials reiterated...

Illinois close to having 50% of residents 16 and older vaccinated, but ongoing third COVID-19 surge will put a hold on any reopening plans

April 19, 2021 at 9:51 p.m.

Nearly half of Illinois residents 16 and older have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, putting the state inches from a milestone that could have triggered a...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch creates task force to review all monuments on state property

April 16, 2021 at 8:02 p.m.

Nine months after then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called for the removal of statues and a portrait of historical figures with ties to slavery from the Capitol grounds in Springfield,...

State Sen. Kimberly Lightford on the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020.

Lightfoot’s plan for a partially elected school board introduced in state Senate as House passes bill calling for all seats to be chosen by voters

April 16, 2021 at 11:48 p.m.

A proposal from Mayor Lori Lightfoot to add a handful of elected seats to the Chicago Board of Education was introduced in the Illinois Senate on Thursday, just as the...

An additional 129,755 COVID-19 shots given in Illinois, while ICU bed availability in suburban Cook County stays below 20% for third straight day

April 15, 2021 at 10:30 p.m.

An additional 129,755 coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in Illinois on Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 7,612,405, public health officials reported Thursday. The number of residents who have been...

Illinois Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford speaks before Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the criminal justice and police reform bill on Feb. 22, 2021, at Chicago State University.

Illinois Senate majority leader Kimberly Lightford diagnosed with COVID-19

April 14, 2021 at 11:26 p.m.

State Sen. Kimberly Lightford said she tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, making her at least the third person linked to the state government known to have tested positive this week....

An additional 138,538 COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Illinois and more than 3 million residents have been fully vaccinated

April 14, 2021 at 10:00 p.m.

An additional 138,538 coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in Illinois Tuesday, as the number of residents who have been fully vaccinated surpassed 3 million, public health officials reported. Following the...

COVID-19 vaccination 7-day average at another new high in Illinois, but hospitalizations highest since mid-February

April 14, 2021 at 12:00 a.m.

An additional 100,729 coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in Illinois Monday, while the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 for the first time since mid-February, public health officials...

Coronavirus metrics in Illinois continue to move in wrong direction, stressing hospital ICU capacity in some regions

April 13, 2021 at 12:15 a.m.

The third wave of COVID-19 in Illinois is putting pressure on the health care system in some parts of the state, while the statewide positivity rate continues to trend upward....

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